FOSS Weekly #24.21: Microsoft’s Creepy New Feature, Tiling Window, Fedora Miracle and More
Microsoft's Windows has been intrusive to users' privacy—that's not a secret. But its upcoming "Recall" feature should raise concern for everyone. EU countries are already preparing to investigate it, but I feel that Microsoft will get away with this as well.
Sourav Rudra
💬 Let's see what else you get in this edition:
- A new Endless OS release.
- 90's Winamp media player is opening its source code
- Arch Linux plans to officially support new platforms
- And other Linux news, videos and, of course, memes!
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📰 Linux news
- Arch Linux is finally embracing ARM and RISC-V.
- A new Fedora spin is here in the form of Fedora Miracle.
- Popular open-source project, TinaCMS has been acquired.
- Endless OS 6 has streamlined improvements for everyone.
- Broadcom has made VMware Workstation Pro available for free.
- Manjaro Linux 24.0 'Wynsdey' has arrived with Linux kernel 6.9.
Winamp, the 90s favorite media player plans to make it source code available.
Sourav Rudra
🧠 What we’re thinking about
An IT veteran shares his thoughts on why people should use Linux.
Helder
🧮 Linux Tips, Tutorials and More
These five tweaks I do while running Ubuntu 24.04 on a laptop.
Abhishek Prakash
Learn how to find your router's IP address in Ubuntu and other distros:
Abhishek Prakash
All your tiling window manager questions answered.
Ankush Das
A huge collection of file-related Linux commands and their examples.
Abhishek Prakash
🛍️ Linux eBook bundle
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📹 Video tutorial
Yes, we are making videos regularly 😄
✨ Project highlights
This app will make you ditch Google's messaging app.
Ankush Das
Planify is a very useful app that can help you stay organized.
Sourav Rudra
Did you ever expect Ubuntu 24.04 running on a Nintendo Switch?
Sourav Rudra
🧩 New quiz
How well do you know Mark? Can you save him from aliens by solving this quiz?
Ankush Das
💡 Quick handy tip
In GNOME's file manager (Nautilus), you can invert the selection of items using the keyboard shortcut CTRL+SHIFT+I.
🤣 Meme of the week
I don't 'recall' anyone asking for such invasive features
🗓️ Tech Trivia
On May 22, 1980, Pac-Man was shown to the public in a theater in Japan. The game was called Puck-Man originally but it was changed to avoid vandalism by replacing P with F in the US. The game was a massive hit and generated over $2.5 billion in sale by the 90s.
🧑🤝🧑 FOSSverse corner
One of our Pro FOSSers has shared that a new license is in the works from Bruce Perens, co-founder of the Open Source Initiative.
Akatama
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